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This is who we were : Colonial America, 1492-1775 / [compiled by] Grey House Publishing.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020Edition: [First edition]; [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (103 entries) : 327 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787853836
Other title:
  • Colonial America, 1492-1775
Related works:
  • Based on (work): Derks, Scott. Working Americans
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 330.97302 23
LOC classification:
  • HC104 .T45 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Essay on Colonial America. Introduction. SECTION ONE: PROFILES, 1494: Portuguese Explorer Sails to the New World -- 1513: Iroquois Leader of Upstate New York Onondaga Tribe -- 1521: Native Warrior From Florida's West Coast -- 1524: Spanish Conquistador of Noble Heritage -- 1586: Young Girl Travels to the New World and Back Again -- 1608: Polish Glass Factory Manager in the Jamestown Colony -- 1615: Indentured Servant on a Tobacco Plantation -- 1620: English Reformist Travels to the Netherlands then the New World -- 1633: Laborer Works on Turtle Bay Mill in New Amsterdam -- 1635: Mohawk Tribesman Efforts Help Prevent Smallpox -- 1643: Thread Spinner in Massachusetts Supplements Income -- 1656: First Woman Slave to Sue for Her Freedom -- 1671: French Jesuit Missionary in Wisconsin -- 1675: Native American Converts to Christianity -- 1686: Governor of the Dominion of New England -- 1711: Deputy Governor of North Carolina -- 1722: Candle Maker and Mother in New Hampshire -- 1730: Tobacco Inspector in Maryland -- 1733: Merchant in West Indies Trade for Molasses -- 1740: Successful Blacksmith in Virginia -- 1741: Slave Executed for Role in Uprising -- 1752: Plantation Owner's Wife Challenges Slaves' Treatment -- 1754: Delegate at the Albany Congress -- 1758: Soldier in the French and Indian War -- 1763: New Jersey Farmer Defies Royal Proclamation. SECTION TWO: HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT, Historical Snapshot--1600 to 1774. SECTION THREE: ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, Connecticut -- Deleware -- Georgia -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- North Carolina -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- Virginia. SECTION FOUR: ECONOMY ON THE TIMES, Currency in Colonial America, essay -- Selected Incomes -- Services and Fees -- Slave Trades -- Commodities -- Selected Prices. SECTION FIVE: ALL AROUND US - WHAT WE SAW, WROTE, READ & LISTENED TO, All Around US, 1492 to 1775.
Abstract: This is Who We Were: Colonial America (1492-1775) includes the profiles of men, women, and children living and working in the Colonial Era in the country that would become the United States of America. Like the other works in this series, this volume observes the lives of working Americans, in this case, pilgrims, colonists, settlers, slaves and Native Americans - those who helped shape the history of the country - decade by decade.
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"Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans Series by Scott Derks."

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Includes bibliographical references.

Essay on Colonial America. Introduction. SECTION ONE: PROFILES, 1494: Portuguese Explorer Sails to the New World -- 1513: Iroquois Leader of Upstate New York Onondaga Tribe -- 1521: Native Warrior From Florida's West Coast -- 1524: Spanish Conquistador of Noble Heritage -- 1586: Young Girl Travels to the New World and Back Again -- 1608: Polish Glass Factory Manager in the Jamestown Colony -- 1615: Indentured Servant on a Tobacco Plantation -- 1620: English Reformist Travels to the Netherlands then the New World -- 1633: Laborer Works on Turtle Bay Mill in New Amsterdam -- 1635: Mohawk Tribesman Efforts Help Prevent Smallpox -- 1643: Thread Spinner in Massachusetts Supplements Income -- 1656: First Woman Slave to Sue for Her Freedom -- 1671: French Jesuit Missionary in Wisconsin -- 1675: Native American Converts to Christianity -- 1686: Governor of the Dominion of New England -- 1711: Deputy Governor of North Carolina -- 1722: Candle Maker and Mother in New Hampshire -- 1730: Tobacco Inspector in Maryland -- 1733: Merchant in West Indies Trade for Molasses -- 1740: Successful Blacksmith in Virginia -- 1741: Slave Executed for Role in Uprising -- 1752: Plantation Owner's Wife Challenges Slaves' Treatment -- 1754: Delegate at the Albany Congress -- 1758: Soldier in the French and Indian War -- 1763: New Jersey Farmer Defies Royal Proclamation. SECTION TWO: HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT, Historical Snapshot--1600 to 1774. SECTION THREE: ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, Connecticut -- Deleware -- Georgia -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- North Carolina -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- Virginia. SECTION FOUR: ECONOMY ON THE TIMES, Currency in Colonial America, essay -- Selected Incomes -- Services and Fees -- Slave Trades -- Commodities -- Selected Prices. SECTION FIVE: ALL AROUND US - WHAT WE SAW, WROTE, READ & LISTENED TO, All Around US, 1492 to 1775.

This is Who We Were: Colonial America (1492-1775) includes the profiles of men, women, and children living and working in the Colonial Era in the country that would become the United States of America. Like the other works in this series, this volume observes the lives of working Americans, in this case, pilgrims, colonists, settlers, slaves and Native Americans - those who helped shape the history of the country - decade by decade.

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